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What risk factors affect the probability of readmission in elderly patients discharged from an acute-care hospital?
What risk factors affect the probability of readmission in elderly patients discharged from an acute-care hospital?
In elderly patients discharged from acute care, short-term readmission risk is influenced by demographic and psychosocial factors, whereas long-term risk is additionally affected by prior hospitalization history.
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May guide post-discharge monitoring in elderly patients; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Fethke et al. (1986) studied this question.
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